I think you're right, Umair but I worry that some of your jeremiads will cause people to lose hope - and so fall into that perennial stand by of humans, freezing in terror and doing nothing.

Remember, we were prey before we were predators. Prey animals have an instinctive last resource: freezing so the predator won't notice them because predators' eyes are triggered by movement.

We can't afford to do that. By all means frighten people with their stupidity and selfishness - but always show them a way to escape.

I also have my doubts about your giant agencies: they sound good in theory, but I'm afraid that in practice we'll just get a new elite working for the agencies, jetting here and there to conferences, producing tons of paper while the Lady Earth continues to suffer.

We have to add a totally independent compliancy team, to hunt out the parasites who will soon inhabit the giant global agencies.

In fact I think we need the enforcement agency before we can have the global agencies.

Trouble is: quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will watch the watchers?